After impressing along with his contributions with the bat, Sanju Samson displayed superb athleticism on the sphere by taking a exceptional catch whereas leaping backwards to dismiss Kolkata Knight Riders’ Pat Cummins in Match 12 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. Cummins hooked a brief ball from Tom Curran in the direction of sq. leg, and Samson, operating in from deep mid-wicket, virtually overran the ball earlier than regaining his steadiness and leaping backwards to seize the ball behind his head.
The IPL tweeted out a hyperlink to Samson’s catch and captioned it “Spectacular Sanju grabs a stunner.”
Sachin Tendulkar reacted to Samson’s effort that noticed the fielder smash his head in opposition to the bottom within the act of finishing the catch.
Samson fell over after having grabbed the ball and for a second appeared to have hit his head laborious.
“Sensible catch by @IamSanjuSamson!” tweeted Tendulkar. “I understand how a lot it hurts while you bang your head like this on the bottom. I skilled it within the 1992 World Cup in our match in opposition to the WI after I took a catch.”
KKR completed on 174/6, helped alongside by Shubman Gill’s 47 and Eoin Morgan’s unbeaten 34.
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Samson hit consecutive half-centuries for RR of their final two matches together with 85 off 42 balls in opposition to Kings XI Punjab to assist his facet pull off the best profitable chase in IPL.
RR chased down 224 after Rahul Tewatia smashed six sixes in eight balls and Jofra Archer smashed 13* off three with three sixes in the previous few overs.
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